Dave

As with any connector, it is in two parts, male and female.
The crimped conductors are pushed into one half of the housing, and the
equivalent positive and negatives are likewise shoved into the opposite
gender insulating housing.

73

David W Wood 

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Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 11:12 PM
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Subject: Anderson Power Pole Dumb Question

I'm a rank beginner when it comes to Anderson power poles.  I think I 
understand that the small metal connectors are crimped or soldered to 
the cable and then inserted into the plastic housing.  It snaps in, 
but how is it removed.  Surely I don't just pull hard and hope the 
crimped or soldered connection holds.  The advantage is supposed to 
be ease of connecting and disconnecting from power supplies and 
devices, so they must come apart.  Sorry to sound so ..., but I guess I am!

73,

Dave, W7OQ